Feather River Fish Hatchery

Stop 4

On its way downstream, some water enters the Feather River Fish Hatchery. Built in 1967 to replace spawning areas that were lost when the river was blocked by the construction of Oroville Dam, this is where salmon and steelhead eggs are artificially spawned. After hatching, the young fish are raised in rearing raceways until they are large enough to be released in the Sacramento River or Bay Delta.